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Slow Down | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 25, 1998 | |||
Recorded | At House Of Blues, Los Angeles; Rumbo Recorders & Westlake Audio studios | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 55:00 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Keb' Mo', John Lewis Parker | |||
Keb' Mo' chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
George Graham (WVIA-FM) | (Review) [1] |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [3] |
Slow Down is the fourth studio album by the blues performer Keb' Mo' released in August 1998. In 1999, Slow Down won Keb' Mo' his second Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album. The album includes the song "Rainmaker" which shares its title with the album Rainmaker , made by Keb' Mo' under his birth name "Kevin Moore".
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Muddy Water" | Kevin Moore, Georgina Graper | 4:21 |
2. | "I Was Wrong" | Moore, Anders Osborne | 4:21 |
3. | "Everything I Need" | Moore, Charles Edward Streetman | 3:56 |
4. | "Henry" | Moore, John Lewis Parker | 5:20 |
5. | "Soon As I Get Paid" | Moore, Parker | 4:38 |
6. | "A Better Man" | Moore, Osborne | 5:16 |
7. | "I Don't Know" | Moore, Graper | 4:12 |
8. | "A Letter to Tracy" | Moore, Parker | 4:09 |
9. | "Slow Down" | Moore, Parker | 4:52 |
10. | "Rainmaker" | Moore, Patrick Shepard | 4:15 |
11. | "Love in Vain" | Robert Johnson | 3:05 |
12. | "God Trying to Get Your Attention" | Moore, Colin Linden | 4:09 |
13. | "I'm Telling You Now" | Moore, Bruce E. Fisher | 2:35 |
Keb' Mo' uses Gibson & Epiphone Guitars, D'Addario Strings, National Resophonic Guitars, Moonshine Slides and Larry Pogreba Custom Guitars
Chart (1998) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [4] | 89 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [5] | 38 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [6] | 6 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [7] | 35 |
US Billboard 200 [8] | 109 |
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